Character development

As instructed, I have collected many characters from newspapers and magazines. (Found it not a very good source of inspiration or characters.) I went to the library to look try and find more interesting characters from different magazines and newspapers than the ones I have at home. Found that the most interesting characters were the ones reading the magazines. 
To sum up, once I finished this exercise, I discarded all the little paper characters that I had carefully cut - am I missing something? Is it that I prefer fictional characters?

I used my "unlikely gardener" character to practise something I am trying to learn about colours (gamut selection), and I'm not sure I've understood it well.  I also didn't want  her to have a realistic face. This was my attempt at giving her a naive, somewhat abstract face - unlike the portraits I'm used to.  Is it a successful image? I'm not sure!

The "unlikely gardener" on right from National Trust magazine was my favourite

I tried to visualise her in different gardening situations

One of my first attempts, the writer JK Rowling

The 360 degree drawing, very difficult to realise without a model

Because I want to get on with the course, I haven't really tried with a different character yet. I hope I will find another one to inspire me and come back to this.